Deep Dark South: Crime with a twang

In this chilling double feature, host Raven takes listeners deep into two of Florida’s most haunting unsolved crimes — murders that shattered the illusion of safety in the Deep South and left generations grasping for answers. First, we revisit Tallahassee, 1966 , where the Sims family was brutally slain inside their own home. Three lives lost, no forced entry, and no motive — a crime so senseless...

In this devastating episode of Deep Dark South , Raven pulls back the curtain on the kind of monsters that don’t hide in the woods — they live across the street, or sleep under the same roof. First, she takes us to Brunswick, Georgia, where six-year-old Christopher Barrios Jr. vanished from his mobile home park in 2007. What unfolded next was a case so horrifying it would shake even the most harde...

This week on Deep Dark South , Raven and Eric dive deep into one of the most chilling cases in recent Florida history — the murder of 13-year-old Tristyn Bailey by her 14-year-old classmate, Aiden Fucci. It’s a story that shattered a community, raising haunting questions about youth, violence, mental health, and the systems that fail both victims and offenders. Through compassion and curiosity, th...

In this haunting double case, Raven explores two Florida murders that reveal how evil can hide in plain sight. In 1994, kind-hearted John Moody opened his door to help a young man — and paid for it with his life. Just four years later, Richard Garcia did the same, extending a hand to someone down on his luck. Both men’s generosity would end in tragedy. Through her signature Southern storytelling —...

In this compelling episode of Deep Dark South , we finish our first case—then shift into a full spotlight on one of America’s most haunting child disappearances: Lisa Renée Irwin , just ten months old, vanished from her Kansas City home in October 2011. Lights blazing. Doors unlocked. Phones missing. Witnesses saw a man walking with a baby. A cadaver dog alerted near her mother’s bed. But with no...

In the second half of Deep Dark South ’s chilling debut, Raven and Lanie return to the Highway 82 corridor to follow the haunting trail of three 11-year-old girls whose disappearances rocked their small Southern communities. Picking up with the unsolved murder of Shannon Paulk (2001) , the hosts reveal new details of the investigation, a mysterious suspect sketch, a secretive grand jury, and the l...

In this chilling episode of Deep Dark South , Raven and Eric examine the terrifying case of Dale Scheanette , the so-called Bathtub Killer who stalked women in Arlington, Texas, during the late 1990s. Starting with the 1996 murders of Christine Vu and Wendie Prescott , Scheanette’s crimes sent shockwaves through the Peachtree Apartments community. Both women were found bound, assaulted, and strang...

In this heart-wrenching episode of Deep Dark South , Raven and Eric spotlight two young mothers whose lives were stolen and whose cases remain unsolved decades later. First, Raven recounts the brutal 1995 homicide of 20-year-old Katrina Kay Bentivegna , whose dismembered body was found in a shallow Oklahoma grave. For 27 years she remained a Jane Doe—until cutting-edge forensic genealogy finally r...

In this two-part deep dive, Raven and co-host Eric unravel two haunting disappearances separated by time and state lines—but united by unanswered questions. The first half explores the 2001 disappearance of 11-year-old Bethany Markowski from a Tennessee mall after a fraught custody battle and disturbing abuse allegations. Despite eyewitness reports of a mysterious woman enrolling a girl who looked...

In October 2009, Bobby, Sherilynn, and six-year-old Madyson Jamison set off for a quick trip to view a piece of rural property in the Sans Bois Mountains of Oklahoma. Days later, their truck was found abandoned—filled with wallets, cell phones, GPS, $32,000 in cash , and their starving family dog. Four years would pass before hunters discovered the Jamisons’ skeletal remains a mere three miles fro...

In this harrowing third episode of Deep Dark South , Raven welcomes a new co-host—her husband Eric—to unpack the heartbreaking and controversial homicide of Destiny Marie Flores , a three-year-old girl whose life was cut short on her birthday in Houston, Texas. Unlike previous episodes centered on disappearances, this case is a direct homicide with shocking twists. Raven guides Eric (and listeners...

In the debut episode of Deep Dark South , hosts Raven and Lanie investigate a chilling trio of missing-person cases across Georgia and Alabama—cases that may share more than coincidence. This first installment focuses on the disappearances of Teresa Dean (1999) and Shannon Paulk (2001) —two vibrant 11-year-old girls who vanished under eerily similar circumstances. Raven lays out the key details an...